77

68

77.1

75.1

76.0

.526

.546

0.0%

8.9%

8.9%

-2.7%

3.2%

76

69

72.8

75.1

73.6

.513

.493

0.0%

1.7%

1.7%

0.1%

0.0%

If the Reds finish the season 8-7, the Nationals have to go 15-2 just to tie them.

13

77

68

76.0

73.8

75.4

.521

.541

0.2%

19.4%

19.6%

-4.3%

6.3%

Statistics show when you have the same number of runs as errors your chances of winning drop by at least 3 percent.

14

69

76

71.5

73.5

72.6

.494

.514

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Mike Trout's second worst monthly OPS is .974.

15

77

69

77.5

71.1

72.0

.510

.530

0.1%

5.6%

5.7%

2.5%

4.9%

Not only did James Shields win an important game for the Royals, after the game he traded himself back to the Rays for Wil Myers. "I just want to help the team," he said.

16

67

80

71.2

70.1

66.9

.468

.448

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

A cool nickname for the top three in the Rockies lineup, Blackmon, Rutledge, and Dickerson would be the Continental Congress.

17

73

72

71.8

69.8

69.8

.490

.470

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.6%

Returning from a road-trip, how many times do you think one of the flight attendants mutters to himself, “I have had it with these mother*ucking snakes on this mother*ucking plane!"?

18

66

80

64.6

69.8

70.4

.464

.444

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Yusmeiro Petit finally did throw that perfect game. Nice job!

19

62

83

66.9

69.7

69.7

.463

.443

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Anthony Rizzo struck out three times and walked because he doesn’t believe in the third true outcome. “Home runs? Sure,” he said after the game. “Show me a Sasquatch and I’ll show you a fly ball go over the fence.” He laughed.

Well, this is great. The Astros have inflicted all this misery on their fans and the world with their Triple AAA major league roster, and now they're trying to blow getting the No. 1 overall pick for next year's draft.